The association between glycaemic control during hospitalization and risk of adverse events: A retrospective cohort study.

Introduction: Hyperglycaemia is common during hospitalization; glycaemic targets in non-critical care settings have not been well studied. We assessed associations between inpatient glycaemic control and adverse events.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study on non-critically ill medical patients hospitalized in a tertiary care hospital between 2015 and 2018.

Do urinary mast cell mediators predict immune response to BCG in patients with primary high-grade non-muscle invasive bladder cancer?

Background: Mast cells play a critical role in cancer-associated immunity. We aimed to determine the predictive value of urinary mast cell mediators in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) treated with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy.

Methods: In this prospective study, 19 patients who received immunotherapy because of NMIBC (Group 1) and 19 healthy participants (Group 2) were enrolled.

Natural history of patients with infantile nephrolithiasis: what are the predictors of surgical intervention?

Background: We evaluated the risk factors for the requirement of surgical intervention in infants with nephrolithiasis.

Methods: The medical records of 122 (156 kidney units (KU)) infants were reviewed. The clinical features, stone characteristics, changes in stone status, and treatment protocols were noted.

Comparison of Ga-68 PSMA positron emission tomography/computerized tomography with Tc-99m MDP bone scan in prostate cancer patients.

Background/aim: The aim of our study was to compare Tc-99m MDP bone scan and Ga-68 PSMA PET/CT in terms of detection of bone metastasis in prostate cancer patients.

Materials And Methods: A total of 28 prostate cancer patients with bone scan and PSMA PET/CT performed within 90 days were retrospectively included in our analysis. All bone lesions were scored as negative (score-0), positive (score-1), or suspicious (score-2) for metastasis by two experienced nuclear medicine physicians.

MNK1/NODAL Signaling Promotes Invasive Progression of Breast Ductal Carcinoma .

The mechanisms by which breast cancers progress from relatively indolent ductal carcinoma (DCIS) to invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) are not well understood. However, this process is critical to the acquisition of metastatic potential. MAPK-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (MNK1) signaling can promote cell invasion.

The surgical technique and initial outcomes of Anatolian neobladder: a novel technique of ileal neobladder after radical cystectomy.

Background: We describe a detailed novel step-by-step approach for creation of an ileal neobladder and compare the outcomes with standart neobladder.

Methods: Between August 2009 and January 2016, 36 consecutive patients with bladder cancer underwent radical cystectomy and orthotopic urinary diversion with an ileal neobladder. A novel technique of ileal neobladder construction, called the Anatolian neobladder, was designed by a single surgeon (ZT).

Euphosantianane A⁻D: Antiproliferative Premyrsinane Diterpenoids from the Endemic Egyptian Plant .

species are rich in diterpenes. A solvent extraction of , a species indigenous to the Southern Sinai of Egypt, afforded several premyrsinane diterpenoids (⁻) as well as previously reported metabolites (⁻) that included three flavonoids. Isolated compounds were chemically characterized by spectroscopic analysis.

Laparoscopic Treatment of the Isolated Renal Hydatid Cyst: Long-Term Outcomes from a Single Institution.

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of treatment via laparoscopic approach and to present the long-term outcomes in patients with isolated renal hydatid cyst.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed the data of 11 patients who underwent laparoscopic treatment for isolated renal hydatid cyst between March 2004 and January 2017. Demographic characteristics and clinical, laboratory, and radiological findings of cases were examined.

Management of Bladder Cancer After Renal Transplantation.

Objectives: In renal transplant recipients, the risk of developing bladder cancer and rate of diagnosis of advanced staged bladder cancer are generally higher than the general population. Also, it is more challenging to treat renal transplant recipients than the regular patient population. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of radical cystectomy (RC) and urinary diversion with ileal conduit in renal transplant recipients.

Risk factors predicting upper urinary tract deterioration in patients with spinal cord injury: A retrospective study.

Aims: To determine the risk factors predicting upper urinary tract (UUT) deterioration in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Methods: Medical records of 303 SCI patients who referred to the urodynamic unit of a rehabilitation hospital between 1996 and 2003 were retrospectively reviewed. The data included general patient demographics, SCI characteristics, bladder management methods, serum creatinine level, presence of urinary tract infection, indwelling catheter time, radiological findings of upper and lower urinary tract, and video-urodynamic (VUD) findings.

Anti-Arthritic and Antiinflammatory Effects of the Traditional Uighur Formula Kursi Caper In Vivo.

Kursi Caper (KC) is a Uighur medicine based on caper which is widely used to treat arthritis and rheumatism, and preliminary studies in our laboratory showed that this traditional formula may possess potent antiinflammatory effects. This study confirms the antiinflammatory effect of KC in the adjuvant induced arthritis (AIA) model, the carrageenan and cotton-pellet induced granuloma rat models, and further investigates in vivo the mechanism of action by measuring relevant indicators of anti-arthritic activity. KC showed significant and dose-dependent anti-arthritic and antiinflammatory effects, demonstrated by reduced paw edema and arthritic scores in all animal models.

Risk Factors for Women to Have Urodynamic Stress Urinary Incontinence at A Turkish Tertiary Referral Center: A Multivariate Analysis Study.

Purpose: To investigate the risk factors in women with urodynamic stress urinary incontinence (USTIC) at a Turkish tertiary referral center.

Materials And Methods: The urodynamic records of 3038 consecutive women were analyzed between 1990 and 2011. The patients who had etiological factor of neurologic disease were excluded.

Evaluation of PSMA PET/CT imaging using a 68Ga-HBED-CC ligand in patients with prostate cancer and the value of early pelvic imaging.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of the prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) ligand (68)Ga-HBED-CC (PSMA PET/CT) in patients with prostate cancer and evaluate the value of early imaging of the pelvis.

Materials And Methods: The files of 28 patients were retrospectively evaluated. All patients had a histopatological confirmation of prostate cancer.

What changed in the management of pediatric stones after the introduction of minimally invasive procedures? A single-center experience over 24 years.

Objective: To assess the impact of new technology on the management of pediatric urolithiasis by analyzing our local practice over the past 24 years, and determining the role of open surgery at the present time.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 768 children (783 procedures) who underwent surgical treatment for urolithiasis between June 1987 and October 2010. Data were analyzed with respect to patient characteristics and changing patterns of treatment with time.

Intermediate-risk group in patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder: prediction of high-risk patients in this heterogeneous group.

Objective: To determine whether recurrence at first follow-up cystoscopy predicts future recurrence in patients with an intermediate risk of superficial bladder cancer.

Methods: In total, 304 patients were classified as low (n = 60), intermediate (n = 177) or high risk (n = 67) based on the primary pathological/clinical findings, as previously described in literature. The intermediate-risk group was further divided into 2 subgroups based on recurrence at the first follow-up cystoscopy: A (recurrence negative) and B (recurrence positive).

Tablets of the potassium citrate may cause a stone-like image: a case report.

An 8-year-old girl with left proximal ureteral stone (4 mm) was referred to our hospital to treat with shock wave lithotripsy (SWL). Fifteen days after the first SWL session, a plain film of kidneys, ureters and bladder (KUB) demonstrated a new stone-like opacity (10 mm) on the left kidney location other than previous stone of 4 mm. We counseled with her parents and learned that she took a potassium citrate tablet 2 h before.

Adult paratesticular myxofibrosarcoma: report of a rare entity and review of the literature.

A case of 70 years old man with a slowly enlarging painful scrotal mass is herein reported. Computed tomography scan of the scrotum showed a homogenous and encapsulated mass, associated with the tunica albuginea. There was no evidence of any metastatic lesion(s).

A spontaneous giant urinoma: a cause of abdominal mass.

Objectives: To report a case of unilateral ureteral obstruction associated with giant retroperitoneal urinoma which was treated successfully by percutaneous drainage.

Methods: A 19G ultrasound guided needle was introduced into the mass and after dilatation procedure, a 14 Fr nephrostomy catheter was placed and 5.5 of liquid were drained.

Application of continent retubularized ileal stoma (Monti procedure) to an ileocecal pouch.

We describe the application of a retubularized ileal stoma (Monti procedure) to an ileocecal pouch in a patient with a spinal cord injury who required a continent urinary diversion. When constructing a continent diversion with an ileocecal pouch, this technique seems a good choice, with significant advantages over the other alternatives.